>Subject: [ALDALLAS-L] Robert Joseph FOWLER >Sent: 9/7/20 1:33 PM >Received: 9/11/00 6:23 PM >From: Wolff, clw824@pldi.net >Reply-To: ALDALLAS-L@rootsweb.com >To: ALDALLAS-L@rootsweb.com > >Robert Joseph FOWLER. My grandfather RJF,Jr. was a native of Selma. We're >looking for information about his family. In The Story of Selma by Walter M. >Jackson, there are references to Robert J. FOWLER and R.J. FOWLER., from >the >minutes of the Selma City Council, 1881. RJF Jr. went to Oklahoma and is >buried >in Oklahoma City. He was a railroad detective for many years, as supposedly >was his father. We have no information about siblings or other relatives. >Family story: the elder FOWLER was known for taking in children. It was said >one never knew how many were going to be seated for supper until they all got >there. One set of orphans came to supper and stayed in the household until >they married. > > My grandfather, James Bassett Gwin, Sr., was a conductor for the Southern Railway in the latter 1800's through 1921 when he was killed in a train wreck near Greensboro, AL. He and his family lived in Selma. Do you know for what RR your Robert was a detective and what years he worked in the Selma area? Best to you, In Jesus, John (Complete communication info follows:) ===============================================| John M. Gwin e.mail: JMcDGwin@zianet.com Instant Message: zianib EVER BEEN TO A NIBsite? Interested in GENEALOGY? COME AND SEE! http://www.zianet.com/jmcdgwin Snail.Mail address: 1845 Anderson Drive Las Cruces, New Mexico 88001 USA Telephone: (505) 522-2171 Free info about going to heaven! :-) read the Gospel of John in your Bible! --and/or visit http://www.gospelcom.net/navs/navinfo/resources/bridge/bridge.htm ===========================================|